The workers began demonstrating around 9am on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day

Ready-made garment workers have called off their strike and removed their blockade from the roads in Mirpur's Kalshi and Sawrapara areas of Dhaka, upon receiving assurances from the owners of meeting their demands.

The workers began demonstrating around 9am on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day, demanding changes to a newly-announced wage structure.

Later, they disbanded around 10:30 from Kalshi, and around 12:30pm from Sawrapara, after Mosharraf Hussain, managing director of large-scale garment manufacturing factory Standard Group, assured the workers of meeting their demands.